Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message for International Human Solidarity Day, to be observed on 20 December: This year’s observance of International Human Solidarity Day comes as the world shapes a new sustainable development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals, the largest anti-poverty campaign in history, by 2015. Member States, the United Nations […]
Jude Focette used to earn a living as a truck driver, but that changed four years ago when he suffered a stroke and was no longer able to walk. “I could not move my hand and I could not lift my foot.” He is one of the patients receiving treatment at the Global Therapy Group […]
LAS VEGAS, – Employees of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) donated more than 1.6 million pounds of food to Three Square Food Bank this holiday season in one of the largest single-city food drives in the nation. Three Square reported that MGM Resorts employees donated 1,610,461 pounds of food during the company’s fifth annual October […]
COLUMBUS, IN — Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has a long history of supporting education initiatives in the communities where it operates and is now making efforts to strengthen technical education across the world. The Company recently formed a new coalition for its TEC: Technical Education for Communities program in Izmir, Turkey. Cummins has entered into […]
Tesco has become the first supermarket to sign the Ministry of Defence’s Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Tesco has a proud record of supporting the Armed Forces dating right back to the retailer’s founder Jack Cohen, and signing the Covenant means Tesco has made a public commitment to do more to support serving personnel, veterans and […]
FORT WORTH, Texas, — American Airlines Sky Ball XII, an event honoring U.S. military members, veterans and their families, raised more than $1.9 million for the Airpower Foundation. This year’s festivities concluded with a black-tie gala on Saturday, Oct. 25 at American’s Hangar 5 at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. More than 1,000 American Airlines employees […]
Today, marks the launch of Lloyds Banking Group’s pioneering new partnership with BBC Children in Need. Lloyds Banking Group has entered into a unique three year partnership with BBC Children in Need which will see the Group, through its Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland brands, become the first Principal Partner of the charity and […]
NEW YORK, NY – Continuing its efforts to alleviate poverty worldwide, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and the Caterpillar Foundation are making a $2.5 million investment in The Global Poverty Project (GPP). The investment will support growing the Global Citizen grassroots movement around the world to end extreme poverty by 2030. “When we can put people […]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. Children must go to school and not be financially exploited. In the […]
WASHINGTON, DC—October 3, 2014—In the month of October Tyson Foods and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are partnering together to donate five truckloads of protein to food banks in Washington, D.C. and cities in California, New York, Texas, and Florida. The first donation will take place in Washington, D.C. at the Capital […]
